The ruling set a precedent for future libel cases.
这项裁决为今后的诽谤案提供了判例。
historical precedents
历史前例
There is no precedent for a disaster of this scale.
这种规模的灾难是空前的。
Such protests are without precedent in recent history.
这类抗议事件在近代史上没有发生过。
to break with precedent(= to do sth in a different way)
打破常规
1.在前的,在先的;优先的
1.先例,前例;惯例
2.【法】判例
1.an action or event in the past that is used as an example or reason for a present action or event
2.a decision by a court on which future decisions are based; the practice of basing legal decisions on decisions in previous cases
1.It is completely unregulated by any certification organizations and therefore has no real precedent to what its content should be.
它完全没有任何具有验证资格的组织来进行监管，因此其含量究竟应该如何没有前例。
2.In the proof, to increase the persuasive power, quotes the Qing Dynasty judicial precedent massively, said the law by the document.
在论证中，为增加说服力，大量引用清代成案，以案说律。
3.Some observers say there is a recent precedent for the sort of pressures the system is now facing.
一些观察人士表示，中国政治制度目前面临的这类压力，不久以前也曾出现过。
4.To its opponents, China's Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River is all the more tragic because it has a historical precedent.
对于反对者而言，中国长江上的三峡大坝（ThreeGorges）是一个重蹈覆辙的悲剧，因为历史上已有前车之鉴。
5.The election of one inpidual with the single mission of controlling the police seems to have no direct precedent in America or elsewhere.
对于选举出某个人来监督警察这一机制，在美国和其他国家似乎都找不到先例。
6.A juridical precedent is nothing but "authenticated custom"
司法惯例只不过是“权威的惯例”罢了。
7.For nothing to happen would be a very bad precedent here in Asia, ' he said.
如果什么也不发生，那将成为亚洲一个非常糟糕的先例。
8.Lawyers said the decision could set a precedent for a broad application of the antimonopoly law.
律师们说，这一裁决可能为反垄断法设立了一个广泛适用的先例。
9.This seems to offer a sort of legal invitation to criminals to cover their tracks, and the precedent will probably be controversial.
这样似乎鼓励、引诱犯人隐藏他们行迹，而这样的判例将会引起许争议。
10.When a principle is asserted which establishes such a precedent, and may lead to such results, it is, to say the least, startling.
提出这么一个原则，建议这么一个前提，而得到这么一个结论，就是退一步说，也是令人惊骇的。